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The Middle Eastern frontman acting for mystery Scottish Championship side Rangers shareholders Blue Pitch Holdings on Wednesday night warned Dave King his investment group "will not be forced out of Ibrox," according to Keith Jackson of the Scotland DAILY RECORD. Lebanese lawyer Mazen Houssami -- th...

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Scottish League 1 side Rangers fans on Wednesday demanded the club accept former Dir Dave King’s offer "to pump cash into the Ibrox outfit," according to Keith Jackson of the Scotland DAILY RECORD. King "outlined his plan to plough huge sums into the club" and umbrella group the Union of Fans ...

Premier League sponsor Barclays downsizing its sponsorship operation "strongly points to the bank pulling out of their flagship football contract when it expires in two years’ time," according to Charles Sale of the London DAILY MAIL. Barclays is "understood to be closing down the sponsorship ...

Manchester-based sportswear firm Umbro is "competing to wrest away" ManU's kit contract from Nike, according to Ian Herbert of the London INDEPENDENT. The firm has been "rapidly revived since it was bought from Nike 15 months ago by Iconix Brand Group, the licensing company publicly traded on Nasdaq ...

League Championship side Leeds United has been "plunged into fresh chaos" after the Football League announced on Monday that it had blocked Serie A Cagliari Owner Massimo Cellino's "prospective takeover" of the club, according to James Ducker of the LONDON TIMES. Cellino had "signed an agreement wit ...

Silverstone racetrack bosses have asked British PM David Cameron to "prevent tens of millions of pounds of potentially 'illegal' state aid being used" for a new £280M ($461.7M) Circuit of Wales, according to the BBC. Developers behind the Circuit of Wales scheme in Ebbw Vale, Blaenau Gwent, ar ...

The FA has "allowed the use" of "third generation" artificial pitches in "every round of the FA Cup" from '14-15, according to the BBC. Synthetic pitches "cannot be used after the first round proper under the FA's current rules." The decision to allow 3G surfaces from next season will be "welcomed b ...

Former boxing promoter MICKEY DUFF , a distinctive figure in professional boxing for more than 50 years, died Saturday aged 84, "after a career in which he was closely associated with some of the most famous figures in the sport," including FRANK BRUNO , BARRY MCGUIGAN and MIKE TYSON , accordi ...

The FA has launched a series of animated films as part of a campaign aimed at ending "the under-reporting of discrimination" by players and fans at all levels, according to the London GUARDIAN. The "Hear it; See it; Report it" campaign "follows the release of survey results showing more than half of ...

Former Super League rugby side Bradford Bulls player Abi Ekoku has "emerged as a key figure in the consortium who are expected to take over" the club, according to Andy Wilson of the London GUARDIAN. Ekoku, who was a "Super League champion with" and later the CEO of the Bulls, is now a "director of ...

League One Oldham Athletic Owner & Chair Simon Corney said that "he will resign" if the club goes down, according to Mike Keegan of the MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS. Corney said that "he would consider relegation to League Two ‘a personal failure’ and added that he would quit should it ha ...